David Manchester

Author's details

Name: David Manchester
Date registered: July 15, 2012
URL: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com

Biography

David’s work often revolves around measuring the impact that organizations and companies are having. A former operations analyst in the corporate sector, he believes it is essential for non-profit organizations to being implementing internal evaluations to continually strive for effectiveness and alignment with institutional goals in the work they carryout. David’s experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations positions him to explain concepts and offer ideas to non-profits in an easy to digest. David advises many organizations nationwide. The Washington Jewish Week included David on their 2012 Minyan list of the 10 most interesting Jews in the Washington, DC. David now lives in Cambridge, MA where he works for a sociological research center. David tweets @djmanchester

Latest posts

  1. Jewish Preschools Need To Address Family Needs Not Be Free — December 6, 2016
  2. The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says — October 14, 2016
  3. Bring the Call to Action #C2A to the Conventions — October 28, 2015
  4. An Argument for Optimism — October 9, 2015
  5. The Numbers Behind the Headlines from the Middle East — July 29, 2014

Author's posts listings

Mar 15

Warning, Gen Y is coming

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The Jewish Fedearations of North America concluded their Young Leadership conference this week in Dallas, Tx.  It is a time for the young leadership to come together, learn and return home with new ideas.  These often are people committed to giving back financially to organizations which match their priorities.  The past 2 years, they ran …

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Feb 27

Infographics:SOTU Followup

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Anyone who has been asked to present information about data has probably experienced the challenge of easily communicating it to a group.  It is a basic educational topic but different people learn differently.  Some are auditory so your presentation will be absorbed but many others are visual or kinesthetic.  When you prepare for a presentation …

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Feb 14

State of the Union with Infographics

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This week, instead of writing a long post, I wanted to feature some infographics that the White House produced to accompany the State of the Union.  Even as a former political staff, I would often zone out during the hour plus speeches so the White House took the speech to the next level streaming additional …

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Jan 09

OODA: Observe Orient Decide Act

In his January 5th column, Thomas Friedman uses the US Air Force as a case study for fiscal discussions currently occurring in Washington.  This same concept can also be applied to non-profits operation.  In his article, Friedman looks at the OODA Loop, a four step process that is ingrained in fighter pilots through training.  OODA …

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